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The FighterFollow

2010 • R • 1h 56m • Action, Biography, Drama • Paramount Pictures

Every dream deserves a fighting chance.

🍅 91% 89%

79

3.84

7.8

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$12.10M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$93.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$129.00M

$35.70M international

Domestic legs7.71x

Budget$25.0M

2010 rank#35

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Cast & crew

Full Russell filmography

David O. Russell

David O. Russell Director

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg Starring

Christian Bale

Christian Bale Starring

Amy Adams

Amy Adams Starring

Melissa Leo

Melissa Leo Starring

ScreenplayPaul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Scott Silver Produced byDavid Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Ryan Kavanaugh, Mark Wahlberg, Dorothy Aufiero CinematographyHoyte van Hoytema MusicMichael Brook StudioParamount Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 17-19 4 $12.1M — 2,503 $4,848 $12.6M

2 Dec 24-26 6 $7.6M −37.5% 2,511 $3,018 $26.7M

3 Dec 31-Jan 2 6 $10.0M +32.0% 2,534 $3,948 $46.4M

4 Jan 7-9 7 $7.0M −30.0% 2,528 $2,769 $57.8M

5 Jan 14-16 9 $5.1M −27.1% 2,414 $2,113 $65.7M

6 Jan 21-23 8 $4.2M −18.4% 2,275 $1,830 $72.7M

7 Jan 28-30 9 $4.0M −4.9% 1,914 $2,069 $78.3M

8 Feb 4-6 11 $2.8M −28.3% 1,662 $1,707 $82.4M

9 Feb 11-13 13 $2.2M −23.7% 1,049 $2,064 $85.6M

10 Feb 18-20 13 $1.6M −27.6% 759 $2,064 $88.0M

11 Feb 25-27 13 $1.6M +0.6% 668 $2,359 $90.4M

12 Mar 4-6 14 $1.1M −29.0% 575 $1,945 $92.0M

13 Mar 11-13 18 $576.1K −48.5% 463 $1,244 $92.9M

14 Mar 18-20 25 $219.5K −61.9% 316 $694 $93.4M

15 Mar 25-27 35 $110.3K −49.7% 179 $616 $93.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Dec 10 #19 $98.5K — $98.5K 4 $24,630 1

Sat Dec 11 #20 $121.5K +23% $220.0K 4 $30,362 2

Sun Dec 12 #19 $80.0K −34% $300.0K 4 $20,009 3

Mon Dec 13 #20 $30.3K −62% $330.3K 4 $7,569 4

Tue Dec 14 #20 $37.9K +25% $368.2K 4 $9,475 5

Wed Dec 15 $34.0K −10% $402.1K 4 $8,489 6

Thu Dec 16 $31.8K −6% $433.9K 4 $7,947 7

Fri Dec 17 #3 $3.9M +12,297% +3,900% $4.4M 2,503 $1,574 8

Sat Dec 18 #4 $4.9M +24% +3,928% $9.3M 2,503 $1,954 9

Sun Dec 19 #4 $3.3M −32% +4,026% $12.6M 2,503 $1,319 10

Mon Dec 20 #5 $1.6M −51% +5,250% $14.2M 2,503 $647 11

Tue Dec 21 #5 $1.9M +17% +4,921% $16.1M 2,503 $760 12

Wed Dec 22 #8 $1.4M −27% +4,013% $17.5M 2,503 $557 13

Thu Dec 23 #8 $1.6M +14% +4,904% $19.1M 2,503 $635 14

Fri Dec 24 #7 $1.3M −20% −68% $20.3M 2,511 $505 15

Sat Dec 25 #6 $3.4M +167% −31% $23.7M 2,511 $1,352 16

Sun Dec 26 #6 $2.9M −14% −12% $26.7M 2,511 $1,160 17

Mon Dec 27 #9 $2.4M −17% +50% $29.1M 2,511 $969 18

Tue Dec 28 #9 $2.2M −8% +17% $31.3M 2,511 $887 19

Wed Dec 29 #9 $2.4M +9% +74% $33.8M 2,511 $968 20

Thu Dec 30 #9 $2.6M +8% +65% $36.4M 2,511 $1,047 21

Fri Dec 31 #8 $2.7M +1% +109% $39.0M 2,534 $1,048 22

Sat Jan 1 #5 $4.4M +66% +30% $43.5M 2,534 $1,745 23

Sun Jan 2 #6 $2.9M −34% n/c $46.4M 2,534 $1,153 24

Mon Jan 3 #5 $1.3M −56% −47% $47.7M 2,534 $511 25

Tue Jan 4 #5 $1.2M −10% −48% $48.8M 2,534 $459 26

Wed Jan 5 #5 $992.1K −15% −59% $49.8M 2,534 $391 27

Thu Jan 6 #5 $1.0M +1% −62% $50.8M 2,534 $395 28

Fri Jan 7 #7 $2.2M +115% −19% $53.0M 2,528 $851 29

Sat Jan 8 #7 $3.1M +42% −31% $56.1M 2,528 $1,207 30

Sun Jan 9 #8 $1.8M −41% −39% $57.8M 2,528 $710 31

Mon Jan 10 #6 $596.0K −67% −54% $58.4M 2,528 $235 32

Tue Jan 11 #6 $766.8K +29% −34% $59.2M 2,528 $303 33

Wed Jan 12 #5 $712.4K −7% −28% $59.9M 2,528 $281 34

Thu Jan 13 #6 $723.5K +2% −28% $60.6M 2,528 $286 35

Fri Jan 14 #7 $1.5M +106% −31% $62.1M 2,414 $617 36

Sat Jan 15 #9 $2.1M +43% −30% $64.3M 2,414 $881 37

Sun Jan 16 #9 $1.5M −30% −17% $65.7M 2,414 $614 38

Mon Jan 17 #10 $1.3M −14% +115% $67.0M 2,414 $530 39

Tue Jan 18 #6 $544.1K −58% −29% $67.6M 2,414 $225 40

Wed Jan 19 #6 $475.2K −13% −33% $68.0M 2,414 $196 41

Thu Jan 20 #6 $470.2K −1% −35% $68.5M 2,414 $194 42

Fri Jan 21 #8 $1.2M +161% −18% $69.7M 2,275 $539 43

Sat Jan 22 #8 $2.2M +78% +3% $71.9M 2,275 $959 44

Sun Jan 23 #11 $755.6K −65% −49% $72.7M 2,275 $332 45

Mon Jan 24 #7 $320.2K −58% −75% $73.0M 2,275 $140 46

Tue Jan 25 #7 $466.7K +46% −14% $73.5M 2,275 $205 47

Wed Jan 26 #7 $400.3K −14% −16% $73.9M 2,275 $175 48

Thu Jan 27 #7 $450.0K +12% −4% $74.3M 2,275 $197 49

Fri Jan 28 #9 $1.0M +125% −18% $75.3M 1,914 $528 50

Sat Jan 29 #9 $1.9M +87% −14% $77.2M 1,914 $985 51

Sun Jan 30 #9 $1.1M −44% +41% $78.3M 1,914 $555 52

Mon Jan 31 #9 $300.2K −72% −6% $78.6M 1,914 $156 53

Tue Feb 1 #9 $323.2K +8% −31% $78.9M 1,914 $168 54

Wed Feb 2 #9 $332.9K +3% −17% $79.2M 1,914 $173 55

Thu Feb 3 #9 $328.0K −1% −27% $79.6M 1,914 $171 56

Fri Feb 4 #11 $886.7K +170% −12% $80.4M 1,662 $533 57

Sat Feb 5 #11 $1.6M +76% −17% $82.0M 1,662 $941 58

Sun Feb 6 #13 $387.0K −75% −64% $82.4M 1,662 $232 59

Mon Feb 7 #11 $238.1K −38% −21% $82.6M 1,662 $143 60

Tue Feb 8 #10 $300.1K +26% −7% $82.9M 1,662 $180 61

Wed Feb 9 #11 $254.1K −15% −24% $83.2M 1,662 $152 62

Thu Feb 10 #10 $273.5K +8% −17% $83.5M 1,662 $164 63

Fri Feb 11 #14 $540.4K +98% −39% $84.0M 1,049 $515 64

Sat Feb 12 #13 $1.0M +94% −33% $85.1M 1,049 $998 65

Sun Feb 13 #14 $577.2K −45% +49% $85.6M 1,049 $550 66

Mon Feb 14 #14 $285.5K −51% +20% $85.9M 1,049 $272 67

Tue Feb 15 #14 $178.3K −38% −41% $86.1M 1,049 $169 68

Wed Feb 16 #14 $157.8K −12% −38% $86.3M 1,049 $150 69

Thu Feb 17 #14 $157.9K n/c −42% $86.4M 1,049 $150 70

Fri Feb 18 #14 $324.6K +106% −40% $86.7M 759 $427 71

Sat Feb 19 #13 $692.4K +113% −34% $87.4M 759 $912 72

Sun Feb 20 #12 $550.4K −21% −5% $88.0M 759 $725 73

Mon Feb 21 #13 $343.5K −38% +20% $88.3M 759 $452 74

Tue Feb 22 #13 $151.0K −56% −15% $88.5M 759 $198 75

Wed Feb 23 #12 $152.9K +1% −3% $88.6M 759 $201 76

Thu Feb 24 #12 $167.2K +9% +6% $88.8M 759 $220 77

Fri Feb 25 #14 $402.3K +141% +24% $89.2M 668 $602 78

Sat Feb 26 #12 $833.9K +107% +20% $90.0M 668 $1,248 79

Sun Feb 27 #13 $339.9K −59% −38% $90.4M 668 $508 80

Mon Feb 28 #11 $137.8K −59% −60% $90.5M 668 $206 81

Tue Mar 1 #10 $152.2K +10% +1% $90.7M 668 $227 82

Wed Mar 2 #11 $130.4K −14% −15% $90.8M 668 $195 83

Thu Mar 3 #13 $129.2K −1% −23% $90.9M 668 $193 84

Fri Mar 4 #14 $282.0K +118% −30% $91.2M 575 $490 85

Sat Mar 5 #14 $529.5K +88% −37% $91.7M 575 $920 86

Sun Mar 6 #14 $306.9K −42% −10% $92.0M 575 $533 87

Mon Mar 7 $77.4K −75% −44% $92.1M 575 $134 88

Tue Mar 8 $80.0K +3% −47% $92.2M 575 $139 89

Wed Mar 9 $75.4K −6% −42% $92.3M 575 $131 90

Thu Mar 10 $84.9K +13% −34% $92.4M 575 $147 91

Fri Mar 11 $153.0K +80% −46% $92.5M 463 $330 92

Sat Mar 12 $275.4K +80% −48% $92.8M 453 $608 93

Sun Mar 13 $147.7K −46% −52% $92.9M 453 $326 94

Mon Mar 14 $55.5K −62% −28% $93.0M 453 $122 95

Tue Mar 15 $65.0K +17% −19% $93.1M 453 $143 96

Wed Mar 16 $53.7K −17% −29% $93.1M 453 $118 97

Thu Mar 17 $42.5K −21% −50% $93.1M 453 $93 98

Fri Mar 18 $65.1K +53% −57% $93.2M 316 $205 99

Sat Mar 19 $100.5K +54% −64% $93.3M 316 $318 100

Sun Mar 20 $54.0K −46% −63% $93.4M 316 $170 101

Mon Mar 21 $22.0K −59% −60% $93.4M 316 $69 102

Tue Mar 22 $25.1K +14% −61% $93.4M 316 $79 103

Wed Mar 23 $23.3K −7% −57% $93.4M 316 $73 104

Thu Mar 24 $23.5K +1% −45% $93.5M 316 $74 105

Fri Mar 25 $30.7K +31% −53% $93.5M 179 $171 106

Sat Mar 26 $50.9K +66% −49% $93.5M 179 $284 107

Sun Mar 27 $28.7K −44% −47% $93.6M 179 $160 108

Mon Mar 28 $11.1K −61% −50% $93.6M 179 $62 109

Tue Mar 29 $11.4K +2% −55% $93.6M 179 $63 110

Wed Mar 30 $11.6K +2% −50% $93.6M 179 $64 111

Thu Mar 31 $11.2K −4% −52% $93.6M 179 $62 112

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$86.4M

Dec 10Dec 27Jan 14Jan 31Feb 17

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.6M

$12.1M

$7.6M

$10.0M

$7.0M

$5.1M

$4.2M

$4.0M

$2.8M

$2.2M

$1.6M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 2,534 → 1,049 −58.6%

4 open1,049 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −27.6%

−37.5%

W1→2

+32.0%

W2→3

−30.0%

W3→4

−27.1%

W4→5

−18.4%

W5→6

−4.9%

W6→7

−28.3%

W7→8

−23.7%

W8→9

−27.6%

W9→10

Steepest −37.5%Biggest gain +32.0%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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